Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22
From Occident TO Orient-
The Golden Gate to the
Bay Of Yeddo.



beard. cur arest ship graesfaIiy turned |
hsE bssd ssawssd a1d
TEE LaMa voTAaR Vas Hzaua.
AZ ws steamed cat Of the haTboT tie |
thousands Of glistsFine Lights 90 land |
and waasr sssmsd 10 Join with the sEcI- |
gsns moon In Wishing as . pEeassns |
voyage. Soon Pert Point and the Col |
dsn 0ats we're paassd and ws we're fairly |
launched on the bread Pseiae. Far In |
advance, a. II waiting 70 usher us on
wasd stood The bright flashing lieht Of
ths Fafallonea. A bEisk bsesgs had
been biowtn9 all afternoon and Old
Ooean vas vesting hsF fury ID anary
1pasavale. Our Immense craft vas
relied sad t0sssd IN megeiisna mannsF.
II entieipsaion Of coming iEoubIs most
% euE paaasnesEs bad FsttFsd 30 thsiF
oeushsa. Pezhspe sops hopad 10 ward
OF he enemy By slambeF. Decisive
thsaaAtI eo0n ominous SQUADS hard
shFonehout tbs ship told zoo plainly
thas she mu1h-dFeaded nal e nasY Vas
DOING tia geFk. A. dawn nsxt morn-
ing enly tsue inRsine weasel vas viai-
BE. Al else vaa 9 wilderness Of wind
tspped water. Compared with The
pleasing scenes lsft bshiB6, The pros
pest vas anything hos inviting. Oar
eoanA rs little seuth Of vesi. Tue
OApsatn vs. taking the sousheFn route.
Had be chosen she middle or the
R0FtheFn route the distance voaid have
basp lssa. bas tbs vealheF more IN
pleaeAnt.
EHAaLI FIVE THousAD MELEz or wATxn
Lay bstveen us and Japan. Surely,
While travsrsinG thai distance, enough
Of the ocean woald be seen. Noa al
The lapss OF three days did the fury Of
tba waves aubside. Then ghsre wa A
Delightful interval Of peaoefsl water
and mild. cheerful weaihsr. How en-.
ioyAbls 70 be 81 sea then. Pass triba-
istions veRs foFRottsn 10 prssens enjoy
meat. beasiokneas was al an end. AIT
came forth 20 enhals the purs air and
baak 10 The warm, invieoFatine sun-
shine. The Social Hall and desks pre-
seated . lively scene. Music, games,
reading and social intercourse served 20
whits away the plsasant hours. II vas
found that Ue bad 81 cabin and some
70 sieeFaRe passengers. Two Of cur
nsmbsE we're going ont as sgsnts for
TIE nsrTInH COLUMBIA AND AsiATIc
LINE 90 gfxAMKRa
The establishment Of that line ia no
longer an uncertainty. The hFss steam.
% y soon 20 Be dispatched from Hong.
kong and Yokohama. whence she will
eail direct TO Vancouver, b. O, What
eject will the establishment OF that
line have upon the trade between San
Francisco and Asia? Nov eioht rson-
lar steamers are empIoyed on this route.
RoaF Of these are run by the Pacific
Mall Steamship Company, and four hv
Central Pacific Railroad Compauv.
Many peFsons think that the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company will abandon
this r0ate, as they already have With.
drawn from the Australian route,
WHISTLER OF not that will BE- the ease, Il
V eeFfain that the CeatEal Pacific Rail-
road will maintain her bold on the
Asiatic trade.
rHn CHINESE PAazxNoKRs
Spend most Of their time In their banka
or IL playing their favoFiie game Of
dominoes. IN their games tbero is
much ebatteFina and excitement. The
mysterious use Of cash show thai pas
time is not the end In view. No douht
many Of their bearded dollars ohanse
hasds While crossing The Pacific. some
times the ChinansE belonging 10 the
steamers SEA into bloody rows With the
pAsaeneefs over their games. In a
eocludsd corner Of the deck. screened OF
~ an old call, is thu China opium Joint.
Here daily the yotaFiss Of that baleful
habit are seen dreamiiy WhiflnR their
peculiarly shaped pipsa. Were they
Rrshiblted from taking their aooast-
onned smoke, distraction vould Be ths
10 striking contrast 10 the Chinese,
ere . nanbeF OF
sAPANKsB PAszENazRs.
They are ell dressed In neal fitting
European clothes. eat the same feod A.
white men and behave themselves in a
very polite and gsnllemanly manner.
10 u easy 10 sc Why the Chinaman is
hated wherever be coca lie IL aiuays,
81 heart, toe same bieosed, ohanReless
Cbinaman. For the sake Of eain be
may. while abroad, appear 30 Weld 10
foreign inhasnee. bat let him anoe step
aboard . veassl bound 30 China. and he
"a ooee aeis about developing these
traits thai viii make hin undissIneuish-
able from all bis people. A ChinamAn
eees abroad for the sole object OF sain.
A Japanese leaves bis coanlFy 10 seek /
eduoStion or 70 acquire knowledse thai /
wtli eensil him on he return. A Col. |
naman takes baek nethine With hin but |
foreign esin . 1apAnsss. kavine con-
Termed te The customs Of The people /
amene whom be has resided And left /
most OF tee messy earned 10 their
midst, Feaurns 60 become . facies IN
bis eountry's rapid progress toward for
elgn oivtliEAlloa.
Pr0gninent amens or japanese pas
seaReFs are General koaroda, uhane~l
Tor OF the Imperial Cabinet, aud several
military and naval officers, Who are re-.
t1Fntns from tour Of inspection aFoare
the woEld. Nearly every foreiga coun.
tfy was visited and the workings Of It's
Governments carefully sagutiniRad.
Whatever Japan nnds In foreign ma
tons worthy OF imitation she readily
adopts With. perhaps, ssue slight unaSit-
ecations 30 adapt u 10 her state Of civ.
htxatien. She h alive 30 progress.
Having reached latitude 81, oar
eourae vas due wess aurina ars dAya.
thence - have gradually eoEHe north'
vard. u vas hoped that the good
weather woald remain With us % the
end, eul uhs can tFnst the trraehersas
oceanl To-day, plAeid OF Sailing 20 the
gentle bretzs; Tomorrow.
AAogsO wTTH uSaovEaSAsIE Euz5.
Nothing can be mere dismal a. go
ihan rain stern. The misty haHe. tie
Tying spray and the Ueissiina Wind
without, cast Eleou 60 al within. A
the wtud sehsides. he great rolling
waves moving Ia raeslaF and nneeAsine
soccession are grad 90 hetold. Nov
90 ascend en- the bosou Of q mighty
swell. neS ~ descend into 9 wafery
vale.
When tss isoth meridian Of longisaas
vs. cfoased
An ESTtxR nAY
Was dregps1 cot With Is thar vesk
had no Wednesday and April no thir
teante DAY, Had vs bean eoins ssst.
Instead 81 lcaiae day, che ucala Rave
eesn sA.ned. WHY this tasns secuTs IN ! +,
tAe @iddls q TIE RSsiae. eas ben a
tineoh rrcelsu 70 many OF eur passsn-
eefA Perhaps year rea3srs u,l haVs
less dttacnlty 10 solvtrs Il.
UPcn the whols car voyags - far "a
heen . pleasant ere. Toe aeesanasa ,
tteEa are Sra elasA faa pssaneers |